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The film was a dark crime thriller but the real story behind the making of Landscape
of Lies gives a far more intriguing insight into the corruption in
Britain’s film industry.

The actress who masterminded the production has become the first person to be
convicted for defrauding the Government’s multimillion-pound support for
film-makers.

Aoife Madden was part of a sophisticated plot to claim £2.8 million in tax
credits and VAT repayments to produce a £20 million gangster film called Landscape
of Lives. When the taxman discovered that the film never existed, Madden
quickly arranged to make a crime thriller called